I have installed docker desktop on my windows machine and somehow each time i run the docker desktop i am not able to see the UI . Even in the background tasks the docker icon is not present. But i am able to access docker using CLI where it is working fine .
Have anyone faced similar issues ? Can somebody help me resolve this ?
I have tried reinstalling docker several times but the issue still persists not able to find the reason for the same
I’m having the same issue after the last update. Never had the problem before. Though everything works fine in WSL and I’m able to create images, start them up, build images, etc. I’ve re-installed multiple times. This most recent time, it seems to be working now. One thing I’ve noticed is that you don’t want to click on the “Docker Desktop” icon if it’s already running. If you find the whale in your taskbar, great, right-click and select “go to dashboard,” but if it’s not there - something is probably corrupt and you should reinstall and tell it to “replace” the prior version.
For whomever cares about this issue at Docker - this has nothing to do with windows located on other screens. I’ve added and removed screens, and it’s not that. But you guys need to fix this – it’s a terrible user experience and makes me want to switch to developing on a Mac every time. I hate it.
There is a troubleshooting guide where you can collect logs
That guide also shares where you can report bugs and share those logs by sharing the diagnostics ID. If you want Docker know about it, the best way is to share it on GitHub, because this is a community forum and most of us just community members. I wish I could tell you how to fix it, but I haven’t had this issue yet. Maybe something similar on macOS, but that was most likely not the same and I just killed the Docker Desktop processes in the terminal and started DD again.
So I don’t know the answer and I could probably only say things that you already tried like making sure Windows, WSL2 and Docker Desktop is the latest version and you could try checking the Windows event logs as well in addition to running diagnostics, but I’m not sure what I would look for in the event logs either. I don’t think it is a WSL2 issue, since the dashboard is not running in WSL, and since you got the error when updating DD, I would guess either the new version is not fully compatible with the Windows version for any reason (it would still be considered a bug of course), or if anything new was added to how the GUI is shown, an antivirus software could block that too.
But these are just guesses from someone rarely using Docker Desktop on Windows, so while we can help with ideas, I would recommend reading the troubleshooting guide and if nothing helps, reporting the issue on GitHub. It is linked in the documentation, but this would be the repo where you can also look for existing issues.
I updated my DD on Windows and it worked for me at least. If that matters, I have Windows 11